Comments on: Enough is Enough.http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/enough-is-enough/318/
A civil discussion about gun ownership and gun control in AmericaWed, 07 May 2014 16:15:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3By: Raphael Kramdenhttp://blog.timesunion.com/guns/enough-is-enough/318/#comment-3705
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:33:14 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3705One more thing, his service record has nothing to do with his recent arrest. We should be grateful for his service to our nation. We should also be saddened that he made a bad choice, and broke an 18 year old law (alledged, of course).
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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:29:42 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3704@Grandma, Mr. Haddad was discharged in 2010. He is a civilian employee at Fr. Drum. He was arrested off-base by Jefferson Co. Sheriff’s Deputies who charged him under civilian law. This all happened prior to the NYSAFE Act was passed.

He’s charged with 5 felony counts, but as Kevin has expertly pointed out, he will likely be allowed to plead down those counts. The story is still unfolding.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:01:34 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3698In # 122 above, Troy Taxpayer, your just being silly. If someone steals my car, and decides to drive it through an entire class of innocent pre-schoolers, is the carnage created by a thief and lunatic my responsibility?

When someone breaks into a home and steals anything, including a firearm, which may have very well been reasonably secured, how is that the responsibility of the firearm owner rather than the criminal who committed the robbery? Just how deep into the absurd are you willing to take this discussion to try and make a ridiculous point?

ann, do yourself a favor, consider a responsible parent owns firearms. Rather than allow a child to grow up in home with firearms forbidden to touch them, it is generally considered wiser to educate the child, at an appropriate age, in the capability of that firearm, teach the child respect for that capability and how to handle that weapon safely and carefully to avoid unintended consequences caused by repressed curiosity.

Do you know what Adam Lanza’s state of mind was when he was introduced to handling firearms? Do you know how properly he was trained or how much care and caution were included in that training? Do you know anything about his mental decline, or the extent of effortsa the Lanza’s exerted to deal with their son’s decline? Do you know anything whtsoever about what kind of therapy he may have been previously exposed to?

Can you consider Adam Lanza’s demons were unleashed on his mother, taking her life, rather than she, or her husband “unleashing their son upon us”. For someone who clearly knows so very liitle about so much of what led up to this tragedy, you have an awful lot to opine.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:52:23 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3696Charlie,
I wish I could give something more concrete but that has been my dealings with pther agencies. I could also tell you that I have been in a convicts felons house within the past 4 months that had multiple loaded handguns in his house. He is still living in his house.
How about this, one of the people charged in the most recent Troy murder was charged in Albany County with Crimpossession of a weapon when a handgun fell out of his pants when he was running from Albany PD. The case was later dropped, I do not know why because the DAs office would not return calls. The same kid is now facing murder 2nd charges.
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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:56:10 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3691Oh, civilian attorney said in ANY state, that is illegal. As in a criminal offense.

It is not the property of a ‘decorated hero’ to sell government issued guns, bullets, hand grenades, computer intel, etc…..

It is not legal. Period.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:50:39 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3690Denise,
Think how I feel when they get hit with a lesser charge. That is coming from NYSP too. Penal Law is black and white but it comes down to what you can prove in court. I hate it that a convicted felon only gets an A Misdeamoner but that is what he got. I talked to the Feds from Aug to This month to charge him federally. They would not. End charge was the A Mis. It aggravates me to no end but at the end of the day it is in the hands of the prosecutors.
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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:20:14 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3689@Raphael Kramden says:
February 22, 2013 at 12:27 am
“DB, you were right; a veteran was arrested for having high-cap magazines and no gun.
He was meeting someone to sell five 30-round magazines, which have been illegal since 1994. A police source also said that the magazines were stamped with the words “Restricted. For military use only.””

Raphael Kramden:
I checked with a civilian attorney, and a Marine Capt. JAG. It is unlawful to sell ANY type of ammo/magazines that are ‘Restricted. For Military use only.” Marine JAG said he does not know civilian law in NYS, but if the alleged incident happened while the defendant were still in uniform, he’d be prosecuted in accordance to military law.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:48:40 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3687Kevin, it’s difficult to argue against heresay. Do you have any statewide statistical evidence to support your experience? (It’s out there for sure.)

Nevertheless, the law does not account for prosecutorial prerogatives. Penal Law provides maximums, generally. I’m curious why you think a prosecutor would not exercise a similar prerogative in cases of high capacity magazines? The burden of proving intent certainly remains.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:11:01 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3681you would have to prove intent with any illegal possession – including your magazine example. the fact that people don’t have proof isn’t the fault of the fault law. someone committing murder can get off for lack of evidence. in that sense someone committing murder could get away with a lesser sentence (none) than a person carrying a high capacity magazine. the other thing is that your example was loaded weapon which is criminal possession in the 3rd degree, not 4th which is the section sheepdog is citing. i don’t even think it’s worth discussing this anymore, it just bothered me to see what i consider inaccurate information. thank you for your time.
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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:28:35 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/guns/?p=318#comment-3670@ denise, Please read Kevin the sheepdog,s posts dated 2/22/13 1:33 am and 1:22 pm on the same day. He is law enforcement.
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